Today, a new political party launched. While I can’t say I was blown away by their launch, there was something impressive about the grouping of the three TDs – Róisín Shortall, Catherine Murphy and Stephen Donnelly – in the sense that it’s extraordinarily rare to see three politicians launching a party who, from the outside in, seem to be extraordinarily honest. I would say that it was refreshing, but that doesn’t get to the crux of it. It’s more that, for the first time in a long time in Irish politics, we can’t help but admit that a collective groan would not only be unwarranted, … Continue reading A New Political Party, and Probably the Only Logical Option for Students